Playing the first of nine exhibition games, Detroit was without many of its big-name players, including Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom, Jason Williams and Henrik Zetterberg. With most of its regular-season roster set, Minnesota played its top players in the first of its six exhibition games.

It's just the preseason, so I'm not too concerned. The big question is, without Yzerman and Shanahan, which of the Euro-Stars will step it up?